Season two, Episode six “Scorpion”
11/12/21 • 27 min
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After the Apocalypse
A Pandemic Survival Story
Season two, Episode six “Scorpion”
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Bill the dog was attuned to gunfire. It did not bother him as much as it heightened his senses to what was going on around him.
Bill was trained to save lives. He was trained to sense danger and do what he could to protect the lives of his squad.
He was a soldier first. He didn’t think. He acted in accordance with his training.
He had no sense of bravery or heroism – only a burning sense of duty.
The safety of the squad was his first priority.
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Outro S2 E6 – Scorpion
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11/10/2021
Hello survivors.
Here we are, Episode 6 of the 2nd season of After the Apocalypse a Pandemic Survival Story.
And we have our friend Bill back in play, so you can stop with the angry messages. But, we’re not out of the woods yet. We left you with a cliff-hanger! Or more like a grassy-knoll hanger.
https://flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2021/09/26/writing-tip-23-never-kill-the-dog/
Learned a couple things this week.
First, and I already knew this, but it was hammered home by some comments on our Facebook page, is that when you’re reading or listening you create a picture in your head from what the author is telling you. That is the magic of reading or listening. That’s the advantage of reading or listening over TV or movies.
You get to create your own visuals.
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After the Apocalypse
A Pandemic Survival Story
Season two, Episode six “Scorpion”
...
Bill the dog was attuned to gunfire. It did not bother him as much as it heightened his senses to what was going on around him.
Bill was trained to save lives. He was trained to sense danger and do what he could to protect the lives of his squad.
He was a soldier first. He didn’t think. He acted in accordance with his training.
He had no sense of bravery or heroism – only a burning sense of duty.
The safety of the squad was his first priority.
...
Outro S2 E6 – Scorpion
The patreon page -> https://www.patreon.com/AftertheApocalypse
The FaceBook Group -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldmanapocalypse
The Show on Acast -> https://shows.acast.com/after-the-apocalypse
11/10/2021
Hello survivors.
Here we are, Episode 6 of the 2nd season of After the Apocalypse a Pandemic Survival Story.
And we have our friend Bill back in play, so you can stop with the angry messages. But, we’re not out of the woods yet. We left you with a cliff-hanger! Or more like a grassy-knoll hanger.
https://flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2021/09/26/writing-tip-23-never-kill-the-dog/
Learned a couple things this week.
First, and I already knew this, but it was hammered home by some comments on our Facebook page, is that when you’re reading or listening you create a picture in your head from what the author is telling you. That is the magic of reading or listening. That’s the advantage of reading or listening over TV or movies.
You get to create your own visuals.
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Season two, Episode five “Forage”
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Season two, Episode five “Forage”
Janet braced herself against the doorway of an old brick mill building. She had worked her way through the back streets and vacant lots to the river’s edge. From this vantage point, downriver, she could see the bridge and the river foaming around it.
She held her breath as the shuttle bus punched into the water and bounced unsteadily across the span. Janet uttered a small prayer as the men in the Humvees arrived and started firing on the bus from the bridgehead.
Adrenaline mixed with fear and anger as she searched her mind for any action she could take to help them.
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Outro S2 E5
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10/29/ 2021
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Season two, Episode Seven “Industrial”
After the Apocalypse
A Pandemic Survival Story
Season two, Episode Seven “Industrial”
It was slippery and tough going in the industrial rubble by the river’s edge.
The old man pulled himself up over a concrete slab that blocked the trail. The slab had rebar sticking out of it like the broken bones of an old corpse that had been torn open by wolves.
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Hello survivors. Happy Thanksgiving!
Let me say, first of all, that I have been dying to use the phrase “Arms akimbo” in a story my whole life.
Akimbo is an interesting English word that means "with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outward at sharp angles".
They think the word akimbo has some relation to the word ‘bow’ like ‘bow and arrow’ – because the arms are bent like a bow. The first recorded usage was by Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales in the 1400’s.
I’m going to stop right there before I start waxing poetically about Richard III and Henry IV and Iambic Pentameter.
All in good time.
Back to the story...
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